Keeping Our Beaches Safe

Beach Monitoring

The Van Buren/Cass County District Health Department conducts a beach monitoring program which monitors the quality of water at four beaches in Van Buren County. The quantity of a bacterium, E. coli, is measured periodically in water samples from these beaches as an indicator of the safety of the water for human bathing.

Data

Data obtained by this program is available by visiting http://www.deq.state.mi.us/beach.

Details

Details about water sampling methods and interpretation of the results are available by visiting the State of Michigan’s website here

Program

The beach monitoring program is conducted in accordance with the provisions of Act 368 of 1978 (Public Health Code) as referenced in Michigan Compiled Laws section MCL 333.12541 and its associated sections. The text of the Public Health Code and the Michigan Compiled Laws are available here: http://www.michiganlegislature.org/.

Questions

Questions about the Beach Monitoring Program can be addressed to George Friday, Director of Environmental Health, at gfriday@vbcassdhd.org .

Test Results

Covert Township Park Beach Test Results – Updated 9/25/23

South Haven South Beach Test Results – Updated 9/25/23

Van Buren State Park Beach Test Results – Updated 9/25/23

South Haven North Beach Test Results – Updated 9/25/23

Michigan BeachGuard System

Resource

CDC Healthy Swimming